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Jeddah – a special case in diplomatic appointments
By P M Amza/Colombo Telegraph Colombo, January 1 – At the time of filing this article, media reports indicate that the Sri Lankan Government has decided to appoint a non-Muslim as Consul General in Jeddah. The concerns that have emerged in response cannot be dismissed...
From 2015 to 2025 – Two Mumbai New Year’s Eves, and the changing story of delivery riders
By Laxmi/Substack Mumbai, January 1- Ten years ago today, on December 31, 2015, I snapped a photo on the streets of Colaba, Mumbai: a Domino’s delivery rider wearing a bright red helmet, carrying two large blue insulated boxes boldly labelled “Yehi Hai Right On Time”...
Khaleda Zia was Bangladesh’s Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Both were strong nationalists and initiators of radical changes in their countries’ domestic and foreign policies
Jaishankar hands over Modi’s letter to BNP Acting chair Tarique Rahman
Dhaka, December 31 – India’s External Affairs Minister Dr. S.Jaishankar left Dhaka following a whirlwind 4-hrour visit on Wednesday. Bangladesh and India would look forward to script a new chapter in bilateral ties, in shared interests driven by pragmatism and mutual interdependence, as indeed briefly...
Chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party Khaleda Zia passes away
Dhaka, December 30 (TOB)- The Chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and three-times former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia passed away on December 30. She was 80. She breathed her last at 6am on Tuesday while undergoing treatment at the Evercare Hospital in the...
India and Bangladesh heading for a rapprochement
By P.K. Balachandran/Daily News Colombo, December 30 – India, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and the Interim Government led by Dr. Muhammad Yunus, appear to have entered an informal understanding to bring back inclusive democracy to Bangladesh, put Indo-Bangla relations back on the rails and...
Deep fissures in Trump’s MAGA camp
US President Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again (MAGA) camp is now a house divided on racial, religious and doctrinal lines.
Bangladesh’s students’ party NCP squandered its legitimacy
NCP teams up with the Jamaat-e-Islami
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